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National Burden of Disease and Study in Iran [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2009
Background:  The objective of this study was to estimate the burden of disease and injury in Iran for the year 2003, using Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) at the national level.
N Jafari, F Abolhassani , M Naghavi , F Pourmalek , M Moradi Lakeh , H Kazemeini , MJ Kabir   +6 more
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National Burden of Cancers in Tunisia: A Disability Adjusted Life-year Approach

Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal, 2020
Cancer places a considerable burden on society that is reflected in both economic and humanitarian costs. We aimed to estimate the disease burden of cancers in Tunisia using the Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) as a health measure. We performed the
Houda Ben Ayed, Mohamed Hsairi, Sourour Yaich, Habib Feki, Jihene Jedidi, Raouf Karray, Mondher Kassis, Jamel Damak   +7 more
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Comparative analysis of disease burden in Sichuan Province in 2010 and 2020 based on disability-adjusted life years

Shanghai yufang yixue, 2023
ObjectiveTo analyze the disease burden in Sichuan Province in 2010 and 2020， and to provide reference for disease prevention and control.MethodsMonitoring data on causes of death in Sichuan Province in 2010 and 2020 were collected.
WEN Xiaoyan, GUO Huimin, JIANG Wenlan, CHEN Li   +3 more
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The global burden of traumatic amputation in 204 countries and territories

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundTraumatic amputation leads to disability and imposes a heavy health burden. This study aims to explore the current status and temporal trends of the global burden of traumatic amputation according to sex, age, amputation site, cause, and ...
Bei Yuan, Dong Hu, Suxi Gu, Songhua Xiao, Fei Song   +4 more
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Obesity, smoking, alcohol consumption and years lived with disability: a Sullivan life table approach [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2011
To avoid strong declines in the quality of life due to population ageing, and to ensure sustainability of the health care system, reductions in the burden of disability among elderly populations are urgently needed. Life style interventions may help to reduce the years lived with one or more disabilities, but it is not fully understood which life style
Klijs, B., Mackenbach, J.P., Kunst, A.E.
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The direct disease burden of COVID-19 in Belgium in 2020 and 2021

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Burden of disease estimates have become important population health metrics over the past decade to measure losses in health. In Belgium, the disease burden caused by COVID-19 has not yet been estimated, although COVID-19 has emerged as one of
Brecht Devleesschauwer, Lander Willem, Jure Jurčević, Pierre Smith, Aline Scohy, Grant M. A. Wyper, Sara Monteiro Pires, Nina Van Goethem, Philippe Beutels, Nicolas Franco, Steven Abrams, Dieter Van Cauteren, Niko Speybroeck, Niel Hens, Robby De Pauw   +14 more
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The prevalence and year lived with disability of atopic dermatitis in China: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2019

World Allergy Organization Journal, 2021
Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic disease with growing prevalence and has become a global public health problem. However, little is known about the burden caused by AD in China. Objective: To access the prevalence and burden of AD in China.
Wen-lan Dong, MD, Jing An, MM, Miao Yu, MS, Peng Yin, MD, Ting-ling Xu, MM, Bo Liu, MD, Torsten Zuberbier, MD, PhD, Zuo-tao Zhao, MD, PhD, Mai-geng Zhou, MD, PhD   +8 more
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The relation between non-occupational physical activity and years lived with and without disability [PDF]

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2008
Objectives: The effects of non-occupational physical activity were assessed on the number of years lived with and without disability between age 50 and 80 years. Methods: Using the GLOBE study and the Longitudinal Study of Aging, multi-state life ...
Nusselder, Wilma, Looman, Caspar, Franco, OH, Peeters, A (Andrea), Slingerland, AS, Mackenbach, Johan   +5 more
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A narrative review on the burden of migraine: when the burden is the impact on people’s life

The Journal of Headache and Pain, 2019
Background The burden of headache disorders, and of migraine in particular, is multifaceted and fragmented. The aim of this narrative review is to provide a description the main topics underlying the concepts of burden and impact of migraine disorders ...
Matilde Leonardi, Alberto Raggi
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Years lived with disability of cancer in China: findings from disability weights measurement with a focus on the effect of disease burden

Science Bulletin, 2023
Disability weights are crucial for quantifying health loss associated with non-fatal outcomes and were not well assessed in different countries, especially for specific cancer. Therefore, this study aimed to identify disability weights with a focus on specific cancer in a large Chinese population. Two types of web surveys were conducted, and 254 health
Shaoyuan, Lei, Rongshou, Zheng, Shaokai, Zhang, Yunchao, Huang, Liang, Qiao, Bingbing, Song, Yutong, He, Lingbin, Du, Ning, Wang, Yunfeng, Xi, Yuqin, Liu, Jinyi, Zhou, Min, Zhang, Ying, Zheng, Yongzhen, Zhang, Wen, Ju, Wenqiang, Wei   +16 more
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